Immigration Fraud

Benefit fraud is the willful misrepresentation of a material fact on a petition or application to gain an immigration benefit. Document fraud (identity fraud) is the production, sale, or use of identity documents to circumvent immigration laws.

A green card holder wants her fiancé to come the the U.S. on a tourist visa. Then they would get married in the U.S. It's explained that arriving on a temporary visa with the hidden intention of remaining permanently is a form of visa fraud.

A Mexican national riding a Greyhound bus was caught with fake ID near the Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on Interstate 8. He had previously been deported and had already been discovered with a stolen permanent resident card.

An internal investigation at the Connecticut DMV revealed that false addresses given for Drive Only Licenses in Connecticut, which were created for illegal aliens. An investigation is underway at this time, to determine how many licenses were created with false addresses.